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Thursday, August 30, 2012

30 August - Blogs I'm Following

Canada Border Services Agency has declared that Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera and her family must return to the United States by September 20. Rivera came to Canada in 2007 to avoid re-deployment to Ir...

Commenting on the future of his party at the RNC, Republican Senator Lindsay Graham acknowledged that America's shifting demographics did not bode well for his party. "*We’re not generating enough angry wh...

Editor's Note: The only close comparison to this phenomenon is the "Twit of the Year" award depicted by Monty Python in the 70's. While quashing dissent in a way that is remarkably un-American, they collec...

An unraveling earth. Graphic from Sound of Cannons. Converging global crises and why we deny them / 2 If the total human impact on nature is approaching a natural limit, we face difficult choices. By Rog...

By Denis G. Rancourt Modern society is structured as a highly stratified dominance hierarchy. The present superior global human hierarchy is maintained -- in its depth and breadth -- by advanced transporta...

*Climate Etc.* *Judith Curry* * * *We need bold science and bold action. There is a vital role for governments to play, but equally importantly is the role of academia, civil society, and industry. Harn...

To be fair, there's a whole lot more fact checking and pushback going on in the legacy media than I expected to see, but the people who really need to know won't see it unless it's on teevee. And TPM doesn...

Wired Chris Bonnington It seemed like a simple enough idea for an iPhone app: Send users a pop-up notice whenever a flying robots kills someone in one of America’s many undeclared wars. But Apple keep...

Cronkite News Khara Pershad A divided federal court reinstated a lawsuit Wednesday against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio by two Phoenix New Times editors, who say they were targeted for late-night ar...

Image credit: TSA Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* With over 700 so-called “naked body scanners” placed in some 180 airports across the United States, it seems that the behemoth Department of Homeland Sec...

Susanne Posel, *Contributor* In the San Antonio school district, the Student Locator Project (SLP) is being beta-tested at Jay High School and Jones Middle School – two schools in the Northside distri...

Susanne Posel, *Contributor* The Pacific Southwest Region of the US Forest Service has solicited ammunition that is supposedly needed for target practice. In this instance, the amounts of hollow point...

Michael Snyder, *Contributor* The way that the U.S. government treats military veterans is absolutely disgraceful. Men and women that have given everything for this nation are literally being treated ...

Majia here: The nuclear industry is unbelievably deceitful and the IAEA is populated by liars, as is Japan's NISA. Please read the evidence upon which I base these strong accusations: Nuclear Safety St...

* Iran is preparing for a possible major expansion of uranium enrichment in a fortified underground facility, a UN nuclear watchdog report showed, underlining Tehran's defiance in the face of western pres...

credit: file photo/Press TV Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* The recently established Syrian Support Group (SSG), a United States-based pro-Free Syrian Army (FSA) group housed just three blocks away from t...

*Video footage showed the burning wreckage of a Syrian air force jet in Idlib province where there has been an upsurge in attacks by the opposition targeting the regime's helicopters and aircraft.* Rebel...

*Video footage showed the burning wreckage of a Syrian air force jet in Idlib province where there has been an upsurge in attacks by the opposition targeting the regime's helicopters and aircraft.* Rebel...

*Smells Like Human Spirit* James Corbett of CorbettReport.com, and contributor to RT news, is back on the Smells Like Human Spirit Podcast for Episode 15. Our discussion has a particular focus on the TSA...

Susanne Posel, *Contributor* The fall of the House of Morgan has begun as stock prices on the global market at Morgan Stanley (MS) begin to fall on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). According to Ri...

Lisa Garber Remember when the USDA gave Monsanto’s new GMO crops the fast track to approval? Regardless of the numerous accounts of organ damage, pesticide-resistant weeds, and unintentionally mutated...

It has been a busy week here with the start of the fall semester. Below are a few items that I did not have time to get to, and a few that are in the queue. To get your holiday weekend off to a peppy star...

DemocracyNow.org - A new article by reporter Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone sheds new light on the origin of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's fortune, revealing how Romney's former firm, Bain...

PressTV Republicans and Democrats are not interested in having the voice of American people be heard as they discuss “the most minor differences between the two parties,” says American journalist Don De...

image source Michael Snyder, *Contributor* Once upon a time, working for the federal government was considered to be a sacrifice and it often involved a significant reduction in pay. Millions of America...

I have been having another Twitter conversation with a hater of Israel. Just like @Jew4palestine he tweets rubbish and just won't admit it. Here's the sequence of tweets, in this case another Tweeter was a...

------------------------------ *The Newsroom - Tea Party is the American Taliban* http://youtu.be/yGAvwSp86hY Published on Aug 27, 2012 by RagingScottish For a fictional show (based on actual events), ...

*U.S. training opposition how to administer 'liberated' Syrian towns* As more areas in Syria slip from control of the Syrian military, the United States is training local opposition members how to run a ...

*Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (CNN) -- It's hard not to stand in complete awe of everything the Earth has to offer when you're in the middle of Yellowstone National Park.* Its most famous geyser, O...

We've been telling the Paul Ryan story here for six years. He's the ultimate Wall Street take over of America, a manufactured product, a Frankenstein monster made to serve the interests of the plutocracy...

Rat infestations are a common problem in the city, but one resident is taking matters into his own hands. Joseph Bolanos, president of the West 76th Street Block Association, installed rat-crossing sign...

*Aug. 30 - Amateur video purports to show the aftermath of government shelling in Aleppo and rebels attacking government troops and tanks in Homs, as the Assad government stands firm. Sarah Sheffer reports...

College Students Are Going Homeless and Hungry -- And Corporate America Is Trying to Exploit Them *A look at the growing numbers of homeless and hungry college students trying desperately to make ends me...

*(Reuters) - Louisiana officials on Thursday ordered a widespread evacuation along the Tangipahoa River between the towns of Kentwood and Robert due to the imminent failure of a dam in Mississippi caused ...

Considering some of the questionable and outright bad things I've done in my life, I must confess in all honesty that I haven't much to point to in the way of proud accomplishments. If you're looking for ...

[image: Early on 29 August 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi-NPP satellite captured this nighttime view of Hurricane Isaac and the cities near the Gulf Coast of the...

BerkeleySide Tracey Taylor Many Berkeley residents have been in touch with us today asking about the helicopters that have been flying overhead, across the city and also into Oakland. A call to Berkeley ...

Business Insider Matthew Bosler The eurozone is running out of bailout cash, and the German Constitutional Court now holds the fate of Europe in its hands. The European Financial Stability Facility, the ...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION at a depth of 12.3 km (7.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:51:06 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) East of Olon...

Wired Robert Beckhusen A U.S. Marine during a jungle patrol exercise in Guatemala on Sept. 12, 2010. While the Marines have helped train Guatemalan troops to hunt for drug traffickers in the past, the ser...

It goes something like this: "*Hey, what's with that smoke coming from the kitchen?*" "*Oh, relax. Don't be an alarmist. We're only halfway through the second period with the score tied. We can deal wit...

The US National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has released an earth-shattering survey. Three-quarters (75%) of adults think policymakers who are opposed to abortion should be strong s...

[image: Counter-clockwise from top left, the price of a 2-litre carton of milk in Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet compared to a downtown Toronto supermarket. Food prices in Nunavut are amongst the highest i...

*THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012* *How will the press corps react:* Paul Ryan’s speech last night was a watershed event. Every four years, the four major-party nominees give similar convention addresses. Has...

[image: A man walks past an airport board announcing that all flights are cancelled following major typhoon Bolaven at Seoul domestic airport in Seoul on 28 August 2012. The state weather agency issued a...

Veteran News Now *The US Department of Justice has refused to publicly release a memo that outlines why an Israeli entity caught spying on the U.S. would not be investigated further.* *Documentation of I...

Russia Today The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Tehran to take part in the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, a bloc of countries that don't consider themselves in union w...

Dear Leader Kim Jong Un addresses the ruling partyI didn't watch the Republican Convention last night, because I'm not getting paid to do so. I understand that conservatives think it was a hit and liberals...

Mark Mazzetti's emails with the CIA expose the degradation of journalism that has lost the imperative to be a check to power Guardian Glenn Greenwald CIA spokeswoman Marie Harf told New York Times nation...

Twin typhoons are renewing fears of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, where poor drainage, widespread deforestation and crumbling infrastructure can turn even a routine rainstorm into a catastrophic f...

You know that Paul Ryan went too far last night when even Fox News is calling him out as a liar extraordinaire. He lied blatantly, he lied with a straight face, he lied with abandon. But the crowd roared. ...

By Capt. Fogg As I've been saying since Richard "you sure as hell *are* a crook" Nixon departed the White house and the Republican War on Truth began, if the Republicans accuse their opponents of somethin...

We are going long today. Apologies. I wanted to get some news posted yesterday, now there is more today. Settle in, sit a while, get your drink of choice and get comfy Even worse, I have added another link ...

The closest the Gray Lady came to doing its job when reporting in its lead story Paul Ryan accepting the GOP nomination for Vice President was in juxtaposing it with the other lead story about Issac makin...

. The new Independent small newspaper "*i*" today, in its 'Comments From Home And Abroad' section quoted comments from "The Times" and "The Telegraph" on the recent 'Rachel Corrie case' in Israel. Never...

Both the Harris Interactive report on ‘Screenlife’ (July 2012) and OFCOM ‘Communications Report’ (July 2012) noted that the 35 to 55 group has already become switched on to mobile technology and the rise...

*THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012* *Matthews rolls over and dies:* Last evening, on MSNBC, Newt Gingrich was echoing Big Ed Schultz. On Monday night, Big Ed noted a troubling fact. According to a new Washington...

The opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London was apparently a cool event. At the beginning of this 4-minute preview, you may listen to a 70-year-old athlete, Dr Stephen Hawking, who also t...

Tony Cartalucci, *Contributor* Western policy makers admit that NATO's operations in Libya have played the primary role in emboldening Al Qaeda's AQIM faction (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb). The Fortu...

First they stick the Ron Paul supporters in the nosebleed seat – including the Minnesota delegates Read it >>>>>HERE<<< Then they put into place policies to silence Ron PaulSupporters If supporters of...

Anthony Gucciardi In a telling story highlighting the true face of political corruption, corrupt Indian politicians have successfully stolen more than $14.5 billion worth of food from starving poverty-...

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:18:43 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 1717 km (1066 miles) Sou...

*Religion does not seem to have been a factor in the vicious assault on a Jewish college student, police said.* East Lansing police Captain Jeff Murphy said there was no dispute that Zach Tennen, 19, was...

SARTRE, *Contributor* The technological miracle that transformed the 20th century into an engine of wealth creation was based upon cheap energy. The role of the electric grid cannot be understated when i...

*A South Texas mayor was kicked and trampled to death by an enraged 500-pound donkey on his ranch.* The male ass, called a jack, jumped on top of Hollywood Park Mayor William 'Bill' Bohlke and chased him...

Felix Imonti, *Contributor* Saudi Arabia has gone on the offensive against Iran to protect its interests. Their involvement in Syria is the first battle in what is going to be a long bloody conflict th...

*Nick'n'Nancy-- write your own caption* *-by Nick Ruiz* The working class embodies a huge swath of people. Poor people, rich people, people between. That's because the working class is not a number: $0-2...

image credit: US Air Force Tech Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* The United States military continues to ramp up their cyberwarfare efforts at record speeds with the so-called “Plan X”...

One of the tougher decisions I've had in a while, but I'll have to go with a Happy Birthday to Lars Frederiksen, 41. Have to get straight to the good stuff this morning: 1. Members of Congress who lost r...

HuffPo – again this morning – great morning to read stuff that outs ALEC as part of the problem. Another great article. This time from Leo Gerard – love that guy!! Without such a protection, Americans s...

Susanne Posel, *Contributor* DeCODE Genetics (DCG) has published a study that states Icelandic fathers who are in their 40s pass down more genetic mutations than their 20 year-old counterparts. Accordi...

All great civilizations have their heroes. From the Greeks and Romans to the French Revolution to the English Empire to today's American legends, heroes have played a critical role in teaching future gener...

Jim Flaherty likes to wag his finger. Two days ago, he wagged it at the business community for sitting on $500 billion. It was the private sector's time, he said, to step up to the plate. However, "at a...

** *An enormous waterspout rises majestically out of a Chinese lake, displaying the awesome power of mother nature. The dramatic images were captured by photographer Yue Mingyou at Hongze Lake in China's ...

image source Michael Snyder, *Contributor* Is the stock market going to crash by the end of this year? Are we on the verge of major financial chaos on a global scale? Well, this is the time of the year ...

A decent read this morning on HuffPo (I added the picture and the emphasis) I have to confess to being duped along with thousands of well-meaning present and former state legislators around the country...

30 August 2012 The Struggle for Peaceful Protest *EPISODE TWENTY THREE: “Criminally insane… Ordinary People”* A new day brings a new protest at Menwith Hill. Sylvia and Betty, another close friend and ...

*A minister in a small town in upstate New York had offered to put up John Lennon’s killer if Mark David Chapman got parole, but Chapman said he may not have gone.* According to the hearing transcript re...

*“We were considered spies...”* Lisa Garber A German television crew was attacked and detained by Chinese workers at the Do-Fluoride plant near Jiaozuo, Henan province. Nine hours later, armed Chinese ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck ICELAND at a depth of 6 km (3.7 miles), the quake hit at 11:59:02 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 17 km (10.5 miles) South of Mosfellsbær, Iceland No R...

Image Janet Phelan A Redlands man has filed a writ of habeas corpus concerning release from confinement ordered under a conservatorship that may not even exist. When Charles Castle was grabbed off the s...

*An increase in 'how to' suicide websites have been linked to a rise in deaths connected with helium and barbiturates.* The two drugs have increasingly been used in suicide and contributed to more deaths...

Sayer Ji, *Contributor* The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation launched the *Grand Challenges in Global Health* (GCGH) in partnership with the National Institutes of Health in 2003 which, according to the...

*A record one in four of all babies born in England and Wales last year had foreign mothers, it was revealed today.* Most of these women came to Britain from Poland, Pakistan and India to give birth to a...

The Times reports on the outside earnings of MPs, the highest 'earner', I use the term loosely, being Gordon 'sold the gold' Brown. The graphic shows Conservative MPs in blue and Labour MPs in red but ther...

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Most of the otherwise rational German nation was scared by the Fukushima non-disaster and decided to close all of its nuclear power plants by 2020 or so. Germany is also at the top of the fight against ...

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 10:53:58 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 1717 km (1066 miles) Sou...

*The latest International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's nuclear programme due out on Thursday is expected to say that Tehran has rapidly increased the quantity of equipment at an underground urani...

As New Orleans is once again under water, as the Republican lie machine works overtime in Tampa, and real journalism or reporting is MIA in the corporate media owned airwaves, a social studies teacher is ...

*AMMAN, Jordan—Jordan on Wednesday warned Syrian refugees in its tent camp near the Syrian border against further rioting after disturbances injured Jordanian guards.* About 200 refugees went on a rampag...

*Iran's supreme leader tells Non-Aligned Movement summit that Iran will never pursue nuclear weapons.* Iran will never try to obtain a nuclear bomb but will not give up the pursuit of peaceful nuclear en...

*Nine defence personnel, including five officers, were on Thursday killed when two MI-17 choppers of Indian Air Force collided mid-air just after take off from an air base in Jamnagar.* “Nine IAF personn...

Recently the BBC posted this report on their website, here's the whole report: 'The Gaza Strip will not be "a liveable place" by 2020 unless action is taken to improve basic services in the territory, acc...

*The bodies of two murdered women were found beneath a scrawled message demanding freedom for jailed members of Pussy Riot, Russian officials have said.* An investigator cautioned that the killer was pos...

*TEHRAN — World leaders convening at Iran’s first international conference since its 1979 revolution heard on Thursday two speeches that illustrate the deep divide between Iran and Egypt for finding a sol...

*Researchers suggest that the influenza virus can be passed on before the appearance of any symptoms. A team from Imperial College London examined the virus transmission in ferrets and they stress that th...

*A vast reservoir of the potent greenhouse gas methane may be locked beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, a study suggests. * Scientists say the gas could be released into the atmosphere if enough of the ice ...

*An early-morning train carrying about 100 passengers has derailed in west Cumbria after a landslide near St Bees.* Emergency services were continuing to deal with the two-carriage train, which was trave...

*Two men aged 39 and 60 have been taken to hospital following a fire at a bed and breakfast in Edinburgh.* Neighbours and passers-by reported a small explosion at the property, which is understood to pro...

The BBC are reporting that: 'The BBC Trust has ruled that Labour MP Diane Abbott should not have been paid for recent appearances on flagship political programme This Week. Ms Abbott, a regular guest wit...

*More than 2,000 students potentially face deportation after a London university had its licence to teach and recruit overseas students revoked.* London Metropolitan University has had its right to sponso...

*Shares in struggling sports retailer JJB have fallen more than 70% as it put itself up for sale.* Around 4,000 jobs across 180 stores hang in the balance after the Wigan-based company's directors admitt...

Begin with a preface to a meaningful event that could change the entire US landscape, a redux of what happened four years ago. Consider the next Wall Street financial firm failure. It is in progress. It is...

*AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Israel's leading rabbi has warned Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders that his party's support for a ban of ritual slaughter of animals in the Netherlands is "anti-Semitic" and ...

*BEIJING: Amid increasing maritime disputes with a host of its neighbours, China today said it plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along its coast line to conduct "remote-sensing marine survei...

*An armed robber who wore a Barack Obama mask during a stickup earlier this year at a Florida McDonald’s has been arrested, police reported today.* Marvin McTeare, 22, is facing armed robbery and grand th...

*(CBS News) A gun belonging to a member of Mitt Romney's U.S. Secret Service detail was found unattended in the bathroom of the candidate's charter plane Wednesday afternoon. The Republican nominee was tr...

*One of New York's most expensive neighborhoods will be sprayed this week with pesticide to combat the West Nile virus, officials said Tuesday.* The city regularly sprays against the mosquito-borne disease...

*U.S. health officials say West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and are on pace to rival the record years of 2002 and 2003.* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed...

*On August 6, 2011, 30 US service members were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter they were being transported in crashed in Wardak province, Afghanistan. It was the deadliest single loss for U.S. forc...

*(CBS News) A retired Navy SEAL who was present at the killing of Osama bin Laden tells Scott Pelley in a 60 Minutes interview that his book about the raid is not a political statement, rather it is timed...

*A farmer who left a Paralympic cycling champion for dead in a hit-and-run accident in South Wales has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after being convicted of dangerous driving.* * * Edward Howell Ada...

*Cheryl Cole and Will.i.am have been involved in a car crash in Los Angeles on their way home from a recording session.* The popstars were left with whiplash and bloody noses after the smash which happen...

*Rebels have claimed they shot down a Syrian fighter plane in the northwestern province of Idlib near the Turkish border.* The Syrian Martyrs Brigade said in a statement the plane was brought down near t...

*Japan would suffer economic damage worth up to 50 trillion yen if a massive earthquake occurs in the Nankai Trough in the seabed off central to western Japan, an expert's estimate has shown.* The feared...

*While releasing a shocking prediction that up to 323,000 people could be killed in the event of a magnitude 9-class earthquake with its focus in the Nankai Trough off central and western parts of Japan, ...

*New York (CNN) -- The family of late Beatles music icon John Lennon on Wednesday voiced opposition to a controversial process of natural gas drilling known as fracking,* Sean Lennon, who appeared at a p...

*(CNN) -- Around 1,700 people who visited Yosemite National Park from mid-June to the end of August are being advised to seek medical attention if they exhibit hantavirus symptoms. *The park sent letters ...

*Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Pakistani court on Thursday postponed a decision on whether to grant bail to a Christian girl accused of burning pages of the Quran in a case that has heightened religious ...

*Beijing (CNN) -- An unspecified threat forced a New York-bound Air China flight to return to Beijing on Wednesday seven hours after takeoff, the airline said.* "Due to threatening information received a...

*(CNN) -- On Wednesday some media outlets obtained copies of the heavily embargoed book "No Easy Day" by Mark Owen, the pseudonym of one of the Navy SEALs who was part of the mission that killed Osama bin...

*(CNN) -- Authorities were warning people in a handful of towns outside of New Orleans to get out early Thursday ahead of a storm surge brought on by hurricane-turned-tropical storm Isaac as it dumped mor...

*(Reuters) - The euro zone has an "absolute political will" to stabilize the single currency, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday after talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing.* On ...

*(Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to put a pair of heavily shielded NASA science satellites into position to study Earth's radiat...

*(Reuters) - A South African telecom giant plotted to procure embargoed U.S. technology products for an Iranian subsidiary through outside vendors to circumvent American sanctions on the Islamic Republic,...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck BIO-BIO, CHILE at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 08:04:38 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 20 km (12.4 miles) West of Arauco, Chile No T...

*(Reuters) - Mexican federal police shot and wounded two CIA operatives last week, security sources said, in an apparently deliberate attack that could hurt U.S.-Mexico cooperation in their war against dr...

*(Reuters) - Scientists have found an alarming number of cases of the lung disease tuberculosis in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America that are resistant to up to four powerful antibiotic drugs.* In a...

(Reuters) - The Isaac weather system is expected to weaken further as it heads north on Thursday, having caused significant damage to the U.S. Gulf Coast but nothing on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, whi...

** ** *Birth Of What?* ** ** ** *Brought into this world, born from the eve of time.* *The beginning.* * * *The pregnant lady will bring it, till the time of which she * *is no longer able. For Adam's ...

By Manifesto Joe No sooner did U.S. Rep. Paul "Ayn" Ryan have his big chance to "introduce" himself to much of the American public than he was already spouting gross lies, and just as shamelessly as many ...

http://via-midgard.info/news/in_midgard/25231-o-prevrashhenii-ssha-v-zhertvu-prirodnyx-katastrof.html Very hot place in hell reserved for those who in times of great moral test remained neutral. Dante A. ...

Website for this image Global TV rating agency Nielsen, which is being sued by a private TV channel for billions of dollars for allegedly manipulating viewership data. Nielsen research firm for planned T...

*Nineteen miners have been killed and 28 left trapped underground after a gas explosion in a coal shaft in China's Sichuan province.* It is one of the biggest disasters to hit the country's accident-plagu...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the CERAM SEA, INDONESIA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:13:29 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 288 km (178.2 miles) South from So...

Those stickers on fruits & veggies tell you a lot! 4 numbers mean they were conventionally grown, 5 numbers starting with number 8 means they are genetically modified (GMO), and 5 numbers starting with 9 m...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the CERAM SEA, INDONESIA at a depth of 31.2 km (19.4 miles), the quake hit at 06:56:43 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 286 km (177 miles) South from S...

The BBC have been in full two-minute hate mode in their coverage of the latest judicial instalment of the story of the unfortunate and accidental death of the 'peace campaigner' Rachel Corrie. In all the i...

Just a year ago, it seemed likely police recruits like these would soon be lounging around the dusty streets of Fort Macleod, where not much has changed since the Mounties pounded in their first tent pegs ...

Haldeman's Diary: -- P had his press conference today. Went very well. He had 15 questions, 8 of them were political, 4 on Vietnam, 2 a sort of a combination Vietnam/political. One on foreign policy and ...

When a country suffers from an act of terrorism, its leader becomes more popular? Jens Stoltenberg had a 94% approval rating from Norwegians after the Norway Attacks of July 2011. "Outside Norway some ...

*Here was a man who embraced his fall, and came to be called, "The Falling Man," a title given by Tom Junod in September 2003 in a piece for Esquire. The infamous picture was taken by AP photographer Ri...

I don't get riled up often -- regular readers can, I hope, vouch from me on that one. I did, however, get just a bit over the top tonight (specifically, on twitter) when Paul Ryan delivered one of the most...

*A former Times journalist was arrested yesterday on suspicion of hacking into an anonymous police blog.* Patrick Foster was arrested at his home in North London by officers investigating how a police co...

*The reputation of the City of London was dealt another blow last night after a probe was launched into the deal which kept Barclays afloat at the peak of the financial crisis.* The beleaguered bank – wh...

*An escaped prisoner went to live with his mother and claimed Jobseekers’ Allowance undetected while on the run for four months, a court heard.* Brendan Ryan went back to his mother’s in Boscobel Crescent...

*More than 2,000 students could face deportation from Britain after the Government stripped a university’s right to admit and sponsor foreigners.* London Metropolitan University has had its Highly Trusted...

Yesterday all the English papers carried news stories about how long term pot use by teenagers can permanently lower their IQs. Take it from me, DMT is much worse. I haven't used any in over 4 decades and...

*﻿Coverage of the White Clay protest tells its own story about the state of the news and the times we live in*** *By Brenda Norrell* *Censored News* http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Photo 1 and 2: Native ...

Majia here: We are seeing the breakdown of liberal rights of personhood, the foundation for western democracy. The most recent assault comes in the form of "administrative subpoenas" threatening 4th Ame...

*Britain’s ailing economy has been crippled by ‘professional politicians’ and ‘self-serving’ Whitehall officials who have failed to kick-start growth, according to a leading figure in business.* John Lon...

*Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon said three soldiers had been killed in the incident around 10.30pm on Wednesday but he did not have full details.* "Three Australian solders have be...

*Syria's President Bashar al Assad has said that talk of a Western-imposed buffer zone on Syrian territory is "not practical", adding that more time is needed to win the conflict against rebels trying to ...

*Two people were removed from the Republican National Convention in Florida after they allegedly threw nuts at a black camera operator and subjected her to racist abuse.* Several people witnesses the exc...

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck CENTRAL PERU at a depth of 100 km (62 miles), the quake hit at 03:01:22 UTC Thursday 30th August 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7.4 miles) West of Campoverde, Peru No R...

* Nine children have been injured after a 100-year-old man drove his car onto a pavement outside a school in south Los Angeles.* LA fire Captain Jaime Moore said four of the children were in critical cond...

Tweeting, not blogging tonight. At the moment all I can manage is 140 char or less in reaction. There is a ticker down on the sidebar a ways if you're not on twitter. You can see my tweets there. I'm wat...

“Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even the depths of a light-polluted city. Also known as the...

*"Evidence"* "Where do I live? If I had no address, as many people do not, I could nevertheless say that I lived in the same town as the lilies of the field, and the still waters. Spring, and all th...

We have always thought of the new investigation as transparent… oh, I have refused to answer Lance’s questions about the Nuns and how we obtained that information, but that is only because Lance seemed to...

I put up my weekly rant on Sunday, with a revelation about NASA's Curiosity Rover that I felt had to be told. I received many emails and comments afterwards asking me to further elaborate on my thoughts ...

On August 27th, the admin team of the Kingston Compassion Club Society’s (K.C.C.S) Facebook Page, It’s Cannabis, Not Marijuana, received notification from Facebook that the page is being suspended. They ar...

*The Onion* reports: *"According to numerous sociologists and political experts, things that should never under any circumstance be spoken aloud in modern society will be said no fewer than 1,400 times thi...

By Melanie Mason August 29, 2012, 12:12 p.m. TAMPA, Fla. -- *Elite fundraisers for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign*kicked off the second full day of the Republican convention * aboard a luxury yacht fl...

The apartment is down to just a few more trips, including the PC and the TV. And Southern Man is having a hard time letting go of both, particularly the PC. Because that means no more fast connection to th...

*"Romney Hailed as Regular Guy by Woman with Horse in Olympics"* by Andy Borowitz TAMPA (The Borowitz Report)— "On the opening night of the 2012 Republican National Convention, the Presidential nomi...

I didn't watch the "Powerhouse Ann Romney *WOWS!!*" (according to the HuffPo) speech last night, because I can only take the Gopper Gala in dribs and drabs. I watch for a bit, and the specks of spittle com...

[image: A car tipped over by a huge wave after its owner parked it on the bank to watch waves brought on by Typhoon Bolaven in Qingdao, 28 August 2012. AFP / Getty Images] Jilin Province, China, 29 Augu...

*“The General And The Particular”* by Chet Raymo “Of the fundamental particles of which the world is made, each one is identical to all others of its species. Every electron is a clone of every other ...

Phil Arena was supposed to present his paper, "Crisis Bargaining and Domestic Opposition" at APSA. If you are reading this on an RSS feed, you should see the audio. His slides are not integrated, as his a...

*"The Straight Dope on Cholesterol"* by Peter Attia "Editors Note: This is a guest post by Peter Attia and is a summary based on a 10-part series of the same name that you can find at The Eating Acade...

The American Booksellers Association (ABA), has already walked away from one ebook marriage it said would solve all its members wishes and no sooner has the divorce papers been filed , it now appears to ...

Richard Millet, a respected French writer and editor, has sparked controversy for his comments on Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass killer, whom he described as “without doubt what Norway deserves”. Mr...

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign on Wednesday partied with wealthy donors on a 150-foot yacht that flies the flag of the Cayman Islands, according to an ABC News report. Members of th...

The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn't stand for anything. He's a flip-flopper, they say, a lightweight, a cardboard opportunist who'll say anyth...

As I mentioned yesterday – over half the speakers yesterday at the RNC were linked to ALEC. Well of course the WSJ would write about it and of course ALEC Loved the WSJ article today Because it mentioned ...

"We like to think that we are rational beings; humane, conscientious, civilized, thoughtful. But when things fall apart, even just a little, it becomes clear we are not better than animals. We have oppo...

*"Have You Ever Wondered How You Were Going * *To Make It To The Next Paycheck?"* - Michael Snyder "America is becoming a very cold place. If you don’t have money, you don’t really matter much in ou...

* A team of Animal Resource and Husbandry Department (ARD) on Wednesday visited Swarupnagar in North 24-Parganas to collect blood samples of dead chickens as reports of widespread deaths of poultry were re...

*HAVANA — An explosion ripped through a gas station in the eastern city of Santiago, injuring 31 people, including five seriously, Cuban state media reported Wednesday.* The blast happened Tuesday evening...

Some of you have courageously and generously chosen to contribute by subscribing to our website and cause, but many more of you haven't. In fact, the majority of you haven't, and that disappoints us. There...

*In the first confirmed case of bubonic plague in Colorado since 2006, an Archuleta County resident has tested positive for the disease, The Durango Herald reported.* The last human case in Archuleta Coun...

I have a post up at PP this afternoon that I sort of liked about how the presidency is a job for politicians. Meanwhile, I the hook I used for it was a Romney adviser poor-mouthing him as a poor politician...

Late start today because I had a doctor's appointment. At three. Just a routine check-up but it takes me all day to get ready and calm myself enough to drag myself into the office. I suffer from an extreme...

link: http://youtu.be/MtgBayU0rnw Isn't it astonishing that companies start packaging goods for Europe as if it were some Third World, deprived community? Or some derailed economy like in North-Korea or M...

* "The Rich Kids Of Instagram"* "It has apparently become trendy for wealthy kids to take pictures of themselves enjoying their outrageous wealth. It truly is disgusting. They have more money than you a...

All summer we've been looking closely at the wretched corruption that went into our political elites selling us-- all of us, even their own children and grandchildren-- out to Agribusiness. Not only have...

*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012* *Right behind them is The Hate:* We’ve noticed something at national conventions: When wives of nominees make their speeches, they almost always say good things about their n...

* After declaring that authorities had arrested four men in connection with trafficking uranium in La Paz, Bolivian authorities are backing off the claim that the material found inside nylon bags may be th...

* SAN SALVADOR — Wildlife authorities say a strong earthquake in the Pacific Ocean late Sunday destroyed more than 45,000 endangered sea turtle eggs on the coast of El Salvador. * The director of the turtl...

When I heard of the news that General Dempsey's plane was struck in Afghanistan, I just thought, "Those Afghans are tired of the war, so they decided to take their resistance to another level, but they ...

*"Our Economy Has Been Collapsing, It Continues To Collapse,* * and The Collapse Is Going To Accelerate Dramatically"* by Michael Snyder "Did you know that median household income in the United States...

* Jaipur: Hundreds of rats have died in the water-logged Walled City over the past few days. Not willing to take a chance, the district administration has sent the dead mice to a lab in Bangalore for testi...

* The first Muslim to deliver the daily prayer to the U.S. House of Representatives was black convert Siraj Wahaj in 1991. It was an artful prayer, though he would deliver a very different message elsewher...

There is no going back August 29, 2012 by John Smallman Excitement is rising among you — the Light-bearers and Light-workers — as you feel the energies of the divine Love field intensifying. You are ...

* (Reuters) - Egypt's military said on Wednesday it would broaden its offensive against militants in the Sinai Peninsula, a campaign that has raised concerns in Israel about the movement of heavy armor int...

I have warned repeatedly that you have to watch for "ALEC Creep" or was it "the creeps from ALEC". Anyway it's about the same. If you are interested in a broader view of how members of the ALEC are going ...

* MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — A grenade attack wounded four policemen in the latest outbreak of violence in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, ending what had seemed to be a lull in violence stemming from the kill...

* Large volumes of methane - a potent greenhouse gas - could be locked beneath the ice-covered regions of Antarctica, according to a new study.* It says this methane could be released into the atmosphere a...

* NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana officials on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of some 3,000 people in a parish outside New Orleans and are continuing to rescue dozens of others in the same area trapped by rapidl...

The apparent interminability of the waiting 08/29/2012 by John Smallman We are all one. You know that. It means, among many other things, that we in the spiritual realms are constantly aware of you ...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at a depth of 53.7 km (33.4 miles), the quake hit at 19:05:11 UTC Wednesday 29th August 2012 The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) E...

They call it a "huge" bomb but it was nothing of the sort. Just an ordinary 500-pounder of the type dropped by the thousands in bombing raids over Germany in WWII. But, because there aren't many remaini...

With the loss of the drinking intellectual stimulation that comes from APSA, I'm in need of some inspiration to kick start the semester that begins next week. We all know that academic life is full of a...

Daily Bell *Osama bin Laden book by Navy SEAL reveals al-Qaeda leader unarmed and shot in doorway ... Osama bin Laden was shot in the head as he peeked out of his bedroom, according to the *No Easy Day* b...

Series of Disturbing Images from Fukushima Dated 8/29/2012 These links were posted by individuals at Enenews including Wotcha, Wideawake, and ChasAha Wideawake: These surreal screenshots from last 30 min...

* The Mayor of New Orleans has announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew tonight as Hurricane Isaac continues to pound the city.* Police cars have been seen patrolling the nearly empty streets since Isaac began bri...

For some reason/s, this blog is attracting writers abroad requesting if they can guest post here. I am sorry, I apologize, to those people who earlier wrote me about this which I was lazy enough to even re...

* Hurricane Isaac today forced water over the top of a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans, triggering life-threatening flooding seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast and...

* An 18-year-old nearly died after what she thought was the flu turned out to be a rare flesh-eating bacteria that she may have got from shaving her legs.* * *Kaylee Queen, from Burton, Michigan, was taken...

Ryan shrugged. Cover art by Drew Friedman for the New York Observer from his Facebook page. What’s conservative about Paul Ryan? Paul Ryan is an extremist on issues of restricting personal liberty and usin...

* A massive explosion lights up the night sky above the German city of Munich in a scene reminiscent of a bombing raid during World War II.* The blast resulted from the controlled detonation of a 550lb bom...

*"Yo, when the fuck do we eat? Don't tease me and make this uglier than it has to be..."*(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari) The Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, FL --- Irony just happen...

As evidenced over the past months and noted in the article by CMD - it appears evident that ALEC, with the assistance of their new expensive PR firm, have gone into attack mode. IMHO - reason being - the...

When Eric Massa first took the economically depressed 29th CD in New York's Southern Tier, there was a longtime Republican incumbent and the district had a history of voting for Republicans. Bush won it w...

* If you only call your mother or have a drink with people after work once in a blue moon, prepare to clear your schedule.* For 'once in a blue moon' is not just an idiom, but a rare statistical quirk whi...

— Know Thy Enemy — THE TRAPWIRE surveillance system has connected state and federal law enforcement agencies with a vast intelligence infrastructure, that is scary to contemplate. RT is a Russian site ...

Survivor: Lance Armstrong. Photo by Christopher Ena / AP. He quit the fight but not the war: What they can't take from Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong, and his ubiquitous Livestrong bracelets, are 21st ce...

*The Guardian's* lead enviro-scribe and author, George Monbiot, offers a realistic but troubling assessment of how mankind has allowed itself to become overrun by global warming. Even progressives, probab...

In 2002 Amazon launched its Free Super Saver Shipping program Amazon offering free shipping on orders over $25. In 2005 Amazon launched Amazon Prime, which for an annual fee of $79 gave its’members’ fre...

Last week, August 22, I was one of five panel speakers who talked on the subject, "Celebrities Turned Politicians" organized by the UP Economics Towards Consciousness (UP ETC) at the UPSE. I was the only n...

* The following article is co-written by Larry Hubich, President of the Sask Federation of Labour and Erin Weir, Economist and President of Progressive Economic Forum. It appeared in the September August 2...

Yep. The "coalition coup" was planned well in advance! There was no reason for it other than a burning lust for power. Also, wanting to know whether we were upholding international law with regards to our ...

* Passengers remain on board a plane in Amsterdam after a communication breakdown led to reports of a hijacking. * Miscommunication between a Spanish airline pilot and Dutch ground control was the cause of...

The real-science site takes a dim view of what Steven Goddard calls the Democratic platform ("Lies, Superstition and Denial"), to which I respond here, in accordance with what my unprecedented research ha...

*Blogger's Note:* In 2001 - 2002 I spent 10 months at Tokyo Institute of Technology as an Invited Professor of Research. During that time I was housed on the Ookayama campus, a 10 minutes walk from the bui...

Susanne Posel, *Contributor* The US Special Operations Command (USSOC) has conducted “training exercises” over Minneapolis. In a twofold effort, the US Armed Forces are acclimating the American public...

I love fall. It is my absolute favorite time of year. Cool weather, jackets and most of all, pumpkins. Fall always gives me the chance to pull out all of my cute pumpkin decor, like these 2x4 Jack-O-Lan...

The big puzzle from Day One of the Republican National Convention was: why did Mitt Romney's convention pick a fight with the Ron Paul delegates? Dana Millbank has some of the details. Basically, the conve...

The Independent Robert Fisk Exclusive: The first Western journalist to enter the town that felt Assad's fury hears witness accounts of Syria's bloodiest episode The massacre town of Daraya is a place of ...

Bolivian police on Tuesday confiscated two tons of uranium that was being stored at a building in central La Paz located near the U.S. and Spanish embassies. Four people, all of them Bolivian nationals, ...

James Hall, *Contributor* Government taxation is as old as the first brute using force to steal from those intimidated by threats. So why should it be any different for the Internet? In today’s political...

As election nears: Van Jones on rebuilding the dreamActivists know that building mass movements entails a variety of cognitive and action steps. Sometimes it is useful for a skilled activist like Van Jones t...

Natural Society Anthony Gucciardi As of August 1st, young girls in Oregon are now set to receive* free sterilizations without any parental consent* thanks to a regulation contained in the Patient Protecti...

*WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012* *Who raised these horrible children:* By now, we thought the children had done it all. Today, the children get worse. Right in the hard-copy New York Times,Parker and Barbaro ...

Press TV Mexican soldiers stand by a US diplomatic vehicle attacked with gunfire in the Tres Marias-Huitzilac highway in the Morelos state on August 24, 2012. *A report says the two Americans injured in a...

Caffeine has become a significant pollutant in the ocean off the U.S. Pacific Northwest, according to a university researcher. Elise Granek, a marine ecologist at Portland State University in Oregon, sam...

Anthony Gucciardi As of August 1st, young girls in Oregon are now set to receive *free sterilizations without any parental consent* thanks to a regulation contained in the Patient Protection and Afford...

Tell Duke Energy to drop the American Legislative Exchange Council Take Action You might not know it, but both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions are being bankrolled by a coal company....

Russian naval vessels have unexpectedly departed the Syrian Mediterranean port of Tartus and Russian arms shipments to Syria have been suddenly discontinued. debkafile’s military sources reveal that those...

The Examiner *FORT MEADE: Lawyers for the US soldier charged with passing a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks accused the military Tuesday of withholding hundreds of emails over fears of a public...

*Update: poll results* You may still vote but analogously to the Lewandowsky poll, I decided that a sufficient number of votes have been submitted and we may reveal the final results: You see that out ...

Examiner Joe Newby About a dozen members of the radical feminist group Code Pink took a break from dressing up as female body parts to attempt a citizen's arrest of former Secretary of State Condoleezza ...

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